New figures from China show the population is in decline for the first time in more than sixty years.
The national birth rate hit a record low – 6.77 births per 1,000 people.
If these trends continue, a shrinking number of workers will have to support a growing number of retirees.
Labour shortages and a smaller tax base could majorly impact the economy.
Economists say strict Covid-19 rules are partly to blame.
They expect a low birth rate and a rapidly ageing population to have far-reaching effects.
The latest data comes as government implores people to have more children after decades of doing the opposite.
Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Xianghe county in northern China.
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“rising housing and education fees” aren’t these supposedly free on a communist society?
America has towns dying also Youth leaves no 💰💰💰 Being sequestered usually leads to mucho f&$k’n
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Old age population is increasing in china and corona virus lead to majority of fatalities in old age population.. Somehow it feels like there is some connection between both 🤔
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World population just reached the 8 billion mark – twice as many people as 60 years ago. At the same time, the natural reserves of everything are dwindling. Who needs more earthlings in a situation where we would need 5-6 additional earths if the majority of the world’s residents were to achieve the living standard of the U.S. or Canada. The planet’s population growth at this rate is UNSUSTAINABLE.
That’s not true at all. This planet has the capacity to keep life up to 6 times of the world’s current population. Stop your nonsense depopulation
And India 🇮🇳 will take China’s place this spring as the world’s most populous country
Is that a good thing really? High population strain government service delivery.They should also implement tough family planning mechanisms
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Most of the china rural village are underdeveloped only cities are developed. India also same condition Rural poor areas people come to big cities like Mumbai and delhi for Jobs and settled in a dirty way which may cause slums.
East Asians can be brought here to fill the gap in the workforce. Otherwise, South Asians would change the demography and ethnicities changes in China 🇨🇳
I hope the situation will be normalised in China
I thought they had high speed trains everywhere. A 300km high speed train would be able to take people from the capital to that area in 15 min.
I think the issue is that people wouldn’t want to leave the cities to live in a poor village
Nothing has changed the oppressive / imperialist regime still LIES on the international stage where it’ focus is on like most of the money / capitalist world all governments pander to the ultra / money / political elite & imposing the One China oppressive / aggressive rule on other territories eg Hong Kong, Taiwan etc.
Some Chinese Girls are not interested to merried to other.
Good we don’t need more ppl our planet is overpopulated next should be India
Less ppl better
If this situation could happen in Bangladesh……………. 😥
this is a good thing. We have enough people on the planet